Eula Mae Veeder

Wednesday

Mar 5, 2014 at 12:54 AM

Eula Mae Veeder, 85, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., passed from this life and went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ, on Monday, March 3, 2014 in Tulsa, Okla.

Eula Mae was born on Jan. 23, 1929 in Halstead, Kansas, to Ivan and Juanita (Roeder) Lawson. When Eula Mae was working in a drug store in Cherryvale, Kansas, she met her sweetheart, Leon. She attended a business school, while still completing high school.

On June 26, 1947 she married Leon Veeder. Soon afterwards, they moved to Tulsa so Leon could attend the University of Tulsa. Eula Mae worked at Public Service Co. of Oklahoma, while Leon attended college.

After college the couple moved to Skellytown, Texas, then to Pampa, Texas, and back to Cherryvale, Kan., before finally settling in Ardmore, Okla., where they raised their three daughters.

Upon retirement, Leon and Eula Mae moved to Hot Springs Village, Ark., where they lived the remainder of their lives. Leon preceded her in death in 2000.

At one point during her life, because of Eula Mae’s love of crafts and needlework, she bought and successfully ran the Needle Point It in Ardmore.

When she and Leon moved to Hot Springs Village they were active members of Presbyterian Kirk in the Pines, where she volunteered for different charities such as Arkansas Rice Depot and Teen Challenge of Arkansas. She loved gardening, golf, cooking and entertaining friends and family. Later in life, she married Lyle Stofferahn, who preceded her in death.

She is survived by three daughters; Linda Hundley of Broken Arrow, Okla., Debbie Kaighn and husband Charles of Raleigh, N.C., and Sandy Minardi and husband Joe of Jenks, Okla.; a brother Max Lawson and wife Virginia of Wichita, Kan.; a sister Donna Lawson of Ardmore, Okla.; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, March 8 at Presbyterian Kirk in the Pines, Hot Springs Village. The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Arkansas Rice Depot online at ricedepot.org or mailed to P.O. Box 34427, Little Rock, AR 72203.

Online memorial guestbook tributes may be left for the family of Eula Mae at www.dillonsmithfuneralservice.com,

Arrangements are under the direction of Dillon & Smith Funeral Service of Sand Springs, Okla.

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